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New York Life Insurance Bldg., Madison Ave. and 26th St., N.Y.C. – Historic Reproduction

New York Life Insurance Bldg., Madison Ave. and 26th St., N.Y.C., c1928. — historic photograph
New York Life Insurance Bldg., Madison Ave. and 26th St., N.Y.C., c1928.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: New York Life Insurance Bldg., Madison Ave. and 26th St., N.Y.C., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The New York Life Insurance Building at Madison Avenue and 26th Street is set apart by its stepped tower, which rises to a gilded pyramid that catches light above the surrounding blocks. Architect Cass Gilbert designed the headquarters in a Renaissance-inspired style, and it was completed around 1928, when new office towers were reshaping the Manhattan skyline. This photoprint by Irving Underhill, a New York photographer known for city views, records the building in its early years, when the tower was a fresh landmark in the Madison Square area.

Created / publishedc1928.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No. C.19000. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,205 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156002

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